Immortal Road.

Chapter 321 Black Dragon Ghost
As soon as Master Shang Ding made a proposal, it immediately resonated with the other six Jindan Masters.

Everyone nodded in agreement, especially Shi Ensanren from Happy Forest, who hated Lin Shan to death.

The hundreds of disciples he brought with him on this trip were all killed by the demon army. The most important thing is that the Reed Jade Stalactite was also taken away without any resistance. When the deadline is approaching, he really can't swallow this!
If it happened on ordinary days, it would be better not to offend people like the immortal genius if possible, because no one knows how much such a young genius will grow in the future.

But now his life span is almost over, and the temptation of the reed jade stalactites is behind him. Moreover, this place is located deep in the forbidden cliffs of the Star-Swallowing Mountains. No one can predict what accidents may happen. Even a genius of the immortal path may fall here!
This boy is young and frivolous, and doesn't know how to restrain himself. He dares to offend so many Jindan Zhenren at once. He doesn't leave a way out for himself, so he can only wait to be collected by others!
In the foundation-building stage, one is a genius in the immortal path, but in the golden elixir stage, that is not necessarily the case!

Everyone was just thinking about some conspiracy and tricks, thinking about how to plot against Lin Shan and then take advantage of the situation.

A voice just happened to be heard from behind in the distance.

"Eh? Why are you all gathered here instead of looking for the Luyu stalactite? Did you find something here?"

Everyone turned around quickly, and saw a black light flash by and stop in front of them.

An old man in black clothes embroidered with dragon patterns appeared in front of him. He was tall, with a torso as straight as a pine or cypress, broad shoulders and a thick back, wide cuffs, and a square face.

His high forehead was carved with deep wrinkles, and his face was full of pits and depressions like that of an evil spirit, but his demeanor seemed unusually calm and experienced.

At this moment, he was looking around with sharp eyes, and demonic energy was all over his body. He thought that this group of Jindan stage cultivators had discovered something here, and he wanted to get a piece of the pie without any scruples.

"The Four Evils of Jiaozhou, the Black Dragon Ghost!"

Half of the demon masters present immediately recognized the newcomer, and all of them looked frightened as if they were facing a powerful enemy.

The rest of the people only knew this person's origins after hearing the voice transmission from the person nearby, and they did not dare to underestimate him after hearing it.

Jiaozhou is located further north of the State of Chu, in a lawless area where several demonic kingdoms meet.

The black market is thriving there, and stolen goods are circulated. It is a place for all kinds of money laundering for unknown reasons in the cultivation world, and it can also be said to be a place for laundering spirit stones.

Because there are too many cases of gangs robbing each other in the demonic world, many elders of the sects need such a place to exist, so it has gradually grown over a long period of time and has become a mature market independent of various countries.

As a lawless area, most of the goods are traded, so naturally there are many robbers who secretly breed and make their fortunes by robbing and killing people.

Among them, the more famous ones are the "Four Evils of Jiaozhou".

As one of them, the old ghost Black Dragon was able to climb from a casual cultivator to the late Golden Core stage. No one knew how many bad things he had done along the way. He was notorious in several nearby countries, and even people in the demon world kept their distance from him. You can imagine how notorious he was.

The key is that this person is extremely cunning and flatters anyone who pleases him. He never provokes people or forces with Nascent Soul backing, which has led to his freedom until now, making his enemies hate him to death, but they can't do anything to him.

I didn’t expect that the appearance of the Lu Yu stalactite would actually attract such a vicious person.

The Jindan Zhenren were previously still worried about Lin Shan's matter, but now suddenly seeing a ruthless man coming, they all thought of a plan to divert the trouble away!

"There doesn't seem to be anything special here. Could there be some secret door? Can you tell me?"

The old ghost Black Dragon looked around but couldn't find anything unusual, but he instinctively felt that there must be something going on here as these people gathered here. Otherwise, at this critical moment, why didn't they race against time to search for the reed jade stalactite, but gathered somewhere in Hongya Cave to chat?
How can it be?

"Fellow Daoist Black Dragon, don't worry too much here. There is nothing here. We gathered together only because something happened suddenly and we were caught off guard and someone took advantage of us. We are now regretting and discussing countermeasures."

Master Shang Ding stood up on behalf of everyone to answer, his tone serious and with something more to say.

"Hmm? Taking advantage of the chaos?"

The old ghost Black Dragon looked at him for a while with his sinister triangular eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, and then he sneered for no reason.

"My fellow Confucian, there seems to be no need to explain so much to me, right? Just tell me what's the matter. I want to hear what kind of trouble you have encountered that requires seven people to work together to conspire!"

Master Shang Ding played his cards directly. He knew that this old monster was cunning, greasy and treacherous. Instead of playing tricks, it would be better to use an open strategy and make it willingly take the bait.

"We just found an intact reed jade stalactite in a cave a hundred miles ahead. However, before we could work out how to divide it, another young man suddenly snatched it away. This is a great shame!"

"what?"

The old ghost Black Dragon was shocked. He was shocked that a reed jade stalactite had been discovered and someone had gotten it!

But he turned around and looked at the seven people in confusion, wondering what had happened. Seven Jindan Zhenren couldn't compete with a young man? Did they run into a tough guy?

"I don't know who is the master who took away the Luyu stalactite. Please tell me, fellow Taoist!"

Master Shang Ding simply sighed, with an unwilling look on his face.

"He is just a rising star in the early stage of Jindan. He is dressed in white and looks like a young man. He leads a group of monsters and can only do sneak attacks."

"Early stage of golden elixir?"

When Black Dragon heard this, he felt relieved. Confident in his own strength, he didn't have time to worry about what was different about the young man in white, because time was running out and there was no time to delay.

Shang Ding was still talking to himself: "It's not too late to go there now. I think he hasn't gone far."

“Swoosh!~~~”

A black rainbow disappeared in an instant.

The old ghost Black Dragon was too lazy to be polite and simply left everyone behind to chase after him alone. As a late Jindan cultivator, he was not afraid at all unless he met a Yuanying cultivator. He only wanted to quickly intercept the guy and take back the Lu Yu Stalactite.

As for the possibility that things are not that simple?
That depends on the person!
I have been in Jiaozhou for hundreds of years, how can I be compared to this bunch of rabble?

……

In a cave where a great battle had taken place before, hundreds of torches were still being held high.

The demon army is heavily guarded, making the place brightly lit.

Amidst the chaos, Lin Shan quietly looked at the reed jade stalactite in his hand, as if appreciating a work of art.

In reality, he was checking the enhancement panel that only he could see.

【Luyu stalactite】

Quality: Fourth-level spiritual object (thousand years old)
Introduction: In the underground cave where spiritual veins and qi converge, the water vapor from the underground river evaporates, the stalactites and stalagmites dissolve and change, and then seep out to form a unique spiritual object of heaven and earth.

It can be used to extend life by half a century, or to assist in refining the body with jade liquid, or to refine elixirs and spiritual liquids to improve cultivation, or to restore magic power.

Enhancement required: 64 points...

In the three-inch stalagmite, emerald green viscous slurry flows slowly. This is a whole amount of reed stalactites accumulated over thousands of years. It has never been discovered by humans and has fallen into Lin Shan's hands.

He broke into the Aurora Sea and came to the forbidden area on the cliff. Fortunately, he helped the Demon King Kuihu and worked hard. Finally, the harvest season came and he got what he wanted with the help of the Demon King's power!
Although the Reed Jade Stalactite is a fourth-level spiritual object, its value and rarity are completely incomparable to other spiritual objects in heaven and earth.

Just considering the longevity issue, even a Nascent Soul stage master would be tempted!
Life span is limited by destiny and cannot be controlled by human power.

In the world of cultivation, there are countless natural treasures, but their rarities are also roughly divided into categories.

The largest number of materials are naturally various refining materials:

Such as various metal minerals such as iron, copper, gold, etc.

Such as stone materials such as quartz, jade, gypsum, etc.

Such as transparent media such as various colored glass, crystal, amber, etc.

Such as various wood materials such as oak, teak, pine, etc.

Such as fabric materials such as cotton, silk, hair, etc.

……

There are so many types of these refining materials, basically accounting for 90% of the treasures of heaven and earth!
The remaining ten percent are magical herbs and medicines. Due to the limitations of the special topography and climate, they will wither over time and over-picking will lead to extinction, causing their numbers to decrease.

Most of them are divided according to their medicinal properties:
Such as cold-natured magical medicine: it has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, such as forsythia, honeysuckle, mint, etc.

For example, hot-natured magical herbs: they have the functions of warming the meridians and dispelling cold, dispelling wind and relieving pain, opening the orifices and opening the channels, such as cinnamon twig, peony root, chuanxiong, etc.

Such as Yin-nourishing elixirs: they have the functions of nourishing and maintaining health, moistening dryness and quenching thirst, replenishing qi and blood, such as ginseng, wolfberry, ophiopogon japonicus, etc.

Such as Yang-tonifying magic medicine: it has the effects of warming yang and consolidating essence, strengthening tendons and bones, strengthening yang and tonifying kidney, such as sea dragon, Cistanche deserticola, Morinda officinalis, etc.

Such as tranquilizing medicine: it has the effects of calming sleep, soothing the mind, relieving restlessness and depression, such as astragalus, angelica, white peony root, etc.

……

The classifications are diverse and equally profound.

The things that cultivators are most eager to obtain are "spiritual objects that enhance cultivation", "spiritual objects that assist in breaking through realms", and the legendary "spiritual objects that extend life"!
The rarity is decreasing exponentially. It is so big that it cannot be found anywhere in the world!
There are even fewer special elixirs like the Reed Jade Stalactite that can assist in jade liquid body refining or prolong life.

If it weren't for the lair of the Yuanlu Demon King, Hongya Cave would be hard to find anywhere else with its special landform.

Even a local tyrant like the Kuihu Demon King in the forbidden area of ​​the cliff may not have collected such a treasure over the past thousands of years!

How did Lin Shan know this information?
He is now the leader of a faction after all. Even though he was a peasant cultivator before and had never studied in a large sect or academy, he could still gain a lot of knowledge from the spoils he collected along the way.

When the Lujiang League conquered the Dai family in the past, they robbed the Dai family's Sutra Library and enriched the Xun Gu Sect's library. Naturally, this also entered Lin Shan's mind, and he still knew most of the common sense of the cultivation world.

But just because he roughly knows it doesn't mean he can recognize some treasures at a glance when he encounters them.

This person cannot be compared with Zhong Shenxiu and Young Master Jiuyou. His knowledge and experience are still too shallow.
For example, the "Lingjian Qingguyan" was recognized by the third brother of the Yang family's ancestor in the prism world of the Aurora Sea. Only then did Lin Shan realize that it was a treasure.

If he was passing by alone, he wouldn't be able to recognize her even if he met her, and might just miss her!
"No, I am an illiterate person in the world of immortal cultivation. It would be a shame for me to take risks and try to find opportunities!"

"Before I had the Black Skull Demon Lord following me, I didn't have to worry about this matter because of his knowledge and perspective. But now I am the best in the world. If I don't enrich my knowledge base, I will regret it if I miss out on rare treasures in the future."

“Read ten thousand books before traveling ten thousand miles. There is some truth in what the ancients said.”

Lin Shan secretly thought that with his current channels, if he wanted to improve his horizons and find a place where knowledge of the cultivation world was gathered, he might only
Yunchuan Academy.

Tianfu Mountain Xun Gu Sect is one of the financial backers of Yunchuan Academy. When I was promoted to the Golden Elixir Ceremony, Master Zhou, the Five Classics Doctor of Yunchuan Academy, came to congratulate me. If I have time after I return, I would just stop by to visit him.

At the same time, I applied to visit and study in the Sutra Library of Yunchuan Academy to see if I could make up for my shortcomings.

I can’t be a bad student anymore!
Lin Shan was still thinking, since he now had status and position, why not get an "on-the-job academic degree" like he did in his previous life?
I don't know if there is adult education in this cultivation world, like Yunchuan Academy.
I was a double first-class graduate in my previous life, but in this different world I can only study “part-time”?
He felt uncomfortable when he thought of this. It was a pity that the Black Lotus Sect, a great evil sect, fell so quickly, otherwise he would also have been trained in a professional way.

What a pity!

"No, when I get the chance, I must infiltrate a top-level force and fulfill my dream of studying for a major sect!"

I grumbled angrily in my heart that this disaster had set up a flag and I didn't know who would suffer this misfortune in the future.

……

These distracting thoughts flashed by.

Lin Shan poured the reed jade stalactite into a jade bottle, sealed it with a stopper to prevent the spirit from leaking out, then put it into a jade box, set up various spirit-sealing restrictions, and put it into a storage bracelet. Only then did he feel relieved.

The mission of this trip was successfully completed, and I can now start to break through the Jindan stage.

The thousand-year-old reed jade stalactites assist in refining the jade liquid. This is a process of accumulating one's own immortal foundation. There is no such thing as a success rate. It is only to lay the foundation for the subsequent formation of the elixir and the quality of the elixir.

What really needs to be strengthened is the "Three-Colored Ganoderma Lucidum", and he now has enough ancient charm reserves, so it is almost certain that he will break through to the Golden Core Stage this time.

The only uncertainty is what grade of golden elixir it can become.

We will talk about this later.

However, it’s a rare opportunity to visit Hongyadong. Now that you’re here, are you willing to just leave like this?
What's more, these large numbers of demon soldiers and horses under his command were rented by him from the Demon King Kuihu. If he doesn't make good use of them now, would it be worthy of his hard work in the past period of time?
I worked for the Kuihu Demon King for two months and defeated his old enemy, the Yuanlu Demon King. Now I borrowed some soldiers to help me make some extra money. It shouldn't be too much.
Lin Shan suddenly became greedy and had no idea of ​​stopping while he was ahead.

If someone else had three caves and seven armies at his disposal, he would probably also develop ambitions and feel that he could fight for it again.

No one would think that there is not enough of such a magical object as the Reed Jade Stalactite.

Just when he was about to lead his troops to continue plundering, a black rainbow came from the front, and the aura of the late Jindan period was violently emitted. A long roar came from far away, echoing and rumbling in the underground cave.

"Don't leave the boy in front, leave the reed jade stalactite behind!"

(End of this chapter)